HINTS provides publicly available data on American adults' knowledge of, attitudes toward, and behaviors related to cancer prevention, control and communication.
For example, HINTS data users have examined how adults 18 years and older use different communication channels (e.g., the Internet) to obtain vital health information for themselves and their loved ones.
Social scientists can use the data to refine theories of health communication and to recommend methods to reduce the burden of cancer.
The first HINTS data were collected between October 2002 and April 2003 via a Random Digit Dial (RDD) telephone survey using a Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI) format to accommodate complex skip-patterns based on respondent's answers.
[citation needed] The second sample was selected from United States Postal Service address administrative records.
After the CATI instrument was modified to produce a printed questionnaire, the survey and a cover letter were sent to the address sample.
The methodology report, complete data set and the survey instruments are available on the HINTS website.
The sample design consisted of a single-mode mail survey, using the Next Birthday method for respondent selection.
The methodology report, complete data set and the survey instruments are available on the HINTS website.
Like cycle 2, the sample design consisted of a single-mode mail survey that used the Next Birthday method for respondent selection.
The methodology report, complete data set and the survey instruments are available on the HINTS website.
The sample design for this cycle consisted of a single-mode mail survey, using the Next Birthday method for respondent selection.
The methodology report, complete data set and the survey instruments are available on the HINTS website.
The sample design for this cycle consisted of a single-mode mail survey, using the Next Birthday Method for respondent selection.
The methodology report, complete data set and the survey instruments are available on the HINTS website.
The sample design consisted of a single-mode mail survey, using the Next Birthday Method for respondent selection.
The methodology report, complete data set and the survey instruments are available on the HINTS website.
The methodology report, complete data set and the survey instruments are available on the HINTS website.
The sample design consisted of a single-mode mail survey, using the Next Birthday Method for respondent selection.
This project contains geo-coded, restricted, HINTS 5 Cycle 4 data linked—at the county level-- with over 70 external variables chosen from trusted and reliable sources including the U.S. Census, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The external variables fall into five categories: 1) Social and economic factors (e.g., Income inequality); 2) Demographics (e.g., Percent of population 65 or older); 3) Information technology (e.g., Percent of households with broadband internet); 4) Built environment (e.g., Fitness centers and recreational sports per 100,000 people); and 5) Physical environment (e.g., Percentage of days with good air quality).
The pilot project, called HINTS-SEER, was designed to provide a larger sample of cancer survivors for analyses.
The survey included an embedded methodological experiment comparing two mixed mode approaches: concurrent and sequential (also known as the control and treatment groups).
[21][22] These overview materials can be useful to researchers presenting HINTS data at conferences when explaining their methodological approach.